TENT TROU­BLE!

Ev­ery year, my fam­ily goes on a big camp­ing trip. Last sum­mer, our camp­site was right next to a group of kids who were my age, so I in­tro­duced my­self as soon as we got there! We got along right away, so we de­cided we’d go check out the river to­gether later. Then, my dad told me I could try pitch­ing our tent all by my­self. I knew I could do it be­cause I’d watch him do it for years! And be­fore I knew it, I had the whole tent put to­gether. I stepped in­side to put on the fin­ish­ing touches, and that’s when the en­tire tent col­lapsed right on me! Ev­ery­one burst out laugh­ing. I wanted to hide in a tree! — Gina, CA